I wish I could shoot missiles at the idiot commuter in front of me

Back in 1985, my favorite show as "Street Hawk." Because it was awesome.

Demo ride: Triumph Speed Triple

So I managed to go for a quick joy ride today and decided to stop by the local Triumph dealership, where they were having Triumph demo rides all weekend long. I pretty much had my choice of bikes today so I decided to test ride the Triumph Speed Triple. It's a "naked" sportbike with a 1050 cc triple-cylinder engine. First thing I noticed is that these things look absolutely SICK in person. Mine was a nice burnt orange color. The exhaust, cool black alloy wheels and exhaust are just sooooo cool looking. Then I got on and started revving it up. The Triumph people were very cool about and didn't mind at all. The sound from that engine was great... kind of a nice throaty rumble to it. So nice. We went on an 18-mile loop and got to rev the bikes up a bit. That Triumph engine just would not stop accelerating. In fact, I'd say I only tested maybe 25% of its true ability. Wow, what a sweet machine.

Greek squid

In moto terminology, a squid is a reckless wifebeater-and-flip-flops wearing young'un on a sportbike who rides stupid fast and usually hurts himself. You've probably seen them before. Here's a good squid vid....

Moto photos

I finally got around to washing the bike and taking a few photos. Here ya go. In case you missed it, I got a 2001 BMW R1200C.


Rest assured, this isn't my typical riding gear. No flip-flops!

2 Wheels

I have been seriously slacking on the blog this summer. I admit it. Hopefully you've been able to live your lives without me for a while.

There's one major thing that's been on my mind lately: I'm getting a motorcycle this weekend. It turns out, my old man bought a new BMW K1200GT for himself and decided to give me his 2001 BMW R1200c. To get an idea of what it looks like, check out this page.

Here's the plan: I'm flying up to Pittsburgh on Friday morning. Then we're going to ride south Friday and Saturday, eventually making it down to Asheville, N.C. Then Sunday morning I'm gonna do the last 200 miles or so by myself and pops will hoof it back to Morgantown. It should be a nice leisurely pace!